page-builder - Managing Validators

Validators can be applied to individual form fields to allow your supporters to supply responses that conform to your data requirements. These validators can then be applied to any field you present to your supporters, on any form. The error alert specified in the validator will be displayed automatically once the supporter leaves the field and has entered a value that does not conform to the specific format.

Types of validators

Engaging Networks has ten default validators available, plus one custom that you can create. Those include the following.

Type

Description

Required

Use on mandatory form fields and if left blank, it will display your message.

Alphanumeric

You can request that the data entered is letters and numbers only.

Required Alphanumeric

You can request that the data entered is letters and numbers only that is mandatory.

Numeric

You can request that the data entered is numbers only.

Required Numeric

You can request that the data entered is numbers only that is mandatory.

Date

You can request that a value entered in a date field is in a specific date format. You can choose one of the following formats:

mm/dd/yy

mm/dd/yyyy

dd/mm/yy

dd/mm/yyyy

dd/mm

mm/yy

mm/yyyy

NOTE: The tagged field "SUPPORTER BIRTHDAY" has to be formatted as YYYY-MM-DD and should not use this validator.

Required Date

You can request that a value entered in a date field is in a specific date format that is mandatory.

Email

You can validate if the value entered in the email address field is a valid email format.

Custom

You can create a tailored validator using regular expressions such as: